Curtain-hanger



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E. E. KEENAN & J. EDEN.

CURTAIN HANGER.

No. 537,980. Patented Apr. 23, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT O EIcE.

ELLSVVORTH E. KEENAN AND JOHN EDEN, OE ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 537,980, dated April23, 1895.

Application filed December 15,1894. Serial No. 531,912. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We, ELLSWORTH E. KEE- NAN and JOHN EDEN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Attleborough, in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain-Hangers; and we do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in curtain hangers composed of asupporting bar with adj ustableparts; and the object of our improvementsis to provide an inexpensive curtain hanger which may be readilyattached and detached to any window frame without screws or nails andmay also be adj usted to accommodate itself to shade rolls of anylength. We attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of hanger at tached to window frame orcasing, showing shade roll in place. Fig. 2.shows one end of thesupporting bar,with the flanges broken away, and one of the extensionend pieces in place. Fig. 3 shows the adjustable brackets or fixtureswhich slide in the grooved bar over the extension end pieces.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bar A, which extends across the front of the window frame may bemade of any suitable material, such as sheet metal, Wood, compressedpaper and the like; and has its edges turned over in such a manner as toform a dovetail groove throughout its length. Fixed to both ends andprojecting backward from the upper edge of the bar, are angled pieces B.B. with their outer ends turned down and sharpened (at O.-Fig. 2) thatthey may be readily driven into the top of the window casing, therebyforming a means for holding the hanger. The ends of the bar are slottedor cut out at H. to allow a greater range of adj ustment to theextension piece F. The beveled edged brackets or fixtures D. D. by beingmade to slide in the grooved bar A. and held in place by the thumb-screwE. may be adj usted to takein shade rolls of any length.

The extension end pieces F. F. are made of sheet metal, one end of eachbeing bent over and back in such a manner as to bring the sharpened endK inward toward the side of the window casing (as shown in Fig. 2) andmay be readily driven in, thereby forming another means of holding thehangers in place, while the opposite ends of the extension pieces arepassed through the straps or bands G. there being one at each end in barA. for the purpose of holding them in place; and as the range of motionis increased by the slots H. they may be readily adjusted and fastenedto a window frame of any width.

When the bracket D. which is cut out at J. to allow it to slide in thegrooved bar A. over the top of the extension piece F. and thethumb-screw E. is tightened down, it binds the whole mechanism together,holding all of the sliding parts firmly in place.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain hanger composed of a'bar or beam with a dove-tailed groove,and adj ustable end pieces which slide therein, with their outer endssharpened and bent back in form of a hook, and fixtures or bracketswhich slide in said groove, all being held in place by suitable screwssubstantially as set forth.

2. A curtain hanger composed of a bar or beam with its outer edges bentover forming a dove-tailed groove throughout its length, and thesupporting pieces B, B, fixed in each end, extending backward from theupper edge, with their ends sharpened and turned down at right angles,and adjustable end pieces with their outer ends sharpened and bent overand back in the form of a hook, and fixtures or brackets which slide insaid groove,

all beingheld in place by suitable screws, sub-- stantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ELLSWORTI-I E. KEENAN. JOHN EDEN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. BOYCE, B. THOMAS POTTER.

